On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 04:12:54PM -0400, Jack wrote
> On 2021.09.13 15:59, Walter Dnes wrote:
> >   I have a notebook that I haven't updated for a while.  After emerge
> > sync, it said to "emerge -1 portage".  Trying to do so got me the
> > following as listed in the gzipped attachment.  I'd really rather not
> > re-install.  Is there a way to get out of this?
> 
>  From my very elementary and simplistic look at the log, have you been  
> messing at all with python version related settings?  (python_target  
> related flags)

  No.  The notebook hasn't been updated for a few months.

> It looks like the new portage needs the new version of some python  
> packages, but the older version of some of those packages  is still  
> required by yet other packages.
> Until/unless someone can suggest a more comprehensive approach (which  
> may be likely,) I would try upgrading those pythong packages included  
> in your upgrad - one at a time, trying to figure out which other  
> packages you need to upgrade first.

  That's what I'm doing right now, one piece at a time.

-- 
Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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